With parents who were both physicians in the Indian Army, perhaps, Priyanka's road to destiny didn't look like it would go through winning a series of beauty pageants, including the year 2000 edition of Miss World or Bollywood for that matter. In fact, as at the age of 13, Priyanka was sent to the United States for her education, living with her aunt, she attended schools in Newton, Massachusetts, and Rapids, Iowa.
A brief biography of Priyanka Chopra
Born on 18 July 1982 to Ashok and Madhu Chopra in Jamshedpur, Bihar, present-day Jharkhand; Priyanka moved around a lot due to her parents' professions as military physicians, the family was posted in a number of places in India, including Delhi, Chandigarh, Ambala, Ladakh, Lucknow, Bareilly, and Pune. Among the schools she attended were La Martiniere Girls' School in Lucknow and St. Maria Goretti College in Bareilly.
In an interview published in Daily News and Analysis, Chopra said that she did not mind traveling regularly and changing schools; she welcomed it as a new experience and a way to discover India's multicultural society. Among the many places that she lived, Chopra has fond memories as a child of playing in the valleys of Leh, in the cold northwestern Indian desert region of Ladakh. She had said, "I think I was in Class 4 when I was in Leh. My brother was just born. My dad was in the army and was posted there. I stayed in Leh for a year, and my memories of that place are tremendous. We were all army kids there. We weren't living in houses, we were in bunkers in the valley and there was a stupa right on top of a hill that used to overlook our valley. We used to race up to the top of the stupa". She now considers Bareilly her hometown and maintains strong connections there.
After she won the local May Queen beauty pageant, her parents had to take additional measures to ensure her safety as she was pursued relentlessly by admirers. Encouraged by her mother who entered her in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000; she finished second but going on to win the Femina Miss India World title. Chopra next won the Miss World pageant, where she was crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty—Asia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November 2000. Chopra was the fifth Indian contestant to win Miss World, and the fourth to do so within seven years.
Although Chopra initially aspired to study aeronautical engineering, and had enrolled in college, but left after winning the Miss World pageant. Chopra said that Miss India and Miss World titles brought her recognition, and she began receiving offers for film roles which she accepted to join the Indian film industry, making her Bollywood debut in The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003).
The Hero was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films that year, but it received mixed reviews from critics. However, Derek Elley from Variety would say of Priyanka that "mega-looker Chopra makes a solid screen debut." Chopra has since starred in leading roles in many Bollywood box office movies including Andaaz, Aitraz, Krrish, Don, The White Tiger (a Hollywood movie) amongst many others; Chopra will also be featuring in the next sequel of the Matrix movie, Matrix 4.
Actress, singer, film producer, model, and author; Chopra's goddess status looks as if it is not waning any time soon. Chopra is one of India's highest-paid and most popular entertainers. She has received numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in the next two years, Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas first met at the Met Gala 2017, where they both walked the red carpet together wearing Ralph Lauren. Sometime later, reports about them dating each other surfaced on the Internet. Pictures of them walking hand-in-hand on several occasions also caught the attention of netizens.
Priyanka married Nick Jonas in Christian and Hindu ceremonies in Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan Palace in December 2018.
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